Case Study: Private Sector Engagement and Social Investment in the Niger Delta

The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and the Niger Delta Partnership Initiative Foundation (NDPI), along with fact-finding partner Frontier Design announce a novel study published by Georgetown University’s Business for Impact which comprises analysis and research outcomes from ten years of investment in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region by Chevron and USAID to expand capacity and value..

Delta State Labour Market Assessment Report

DOWNLOAD THE ASSESSMENT REPORT & VIEW FULL REPORT Youth unemployment and underemployment is a major challenge in developing nation like Nigeria where youth constitute more than 60% of the nation’s population. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) whereas national unemployment and underemployment rate escalated from 37.2% to 40% in the second quarter of…

How PIND’s Market Systems Approach to Development Programming helped Farmers Build Resilience in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic

PIND 2020 MARKET RESILIENCE STUDY HOW PIND’S MARKET SYSTEMS APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING HELPED FARMERS BUILD RESILIENCE IN THE MIDST OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC PIND complemented by the DFID Market Development (MADE) Program in the Niger Delta (2013- 2020) over the years have worked to build supporting market systems in the region to strengthen private…

WEBINAR: How MSD enhanced Nigerian farmers’ resilience to COVID-19

Join Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) on Tuesday, January 26 at 2:00 pm WAT for a virtual roundtable, as we share our understanding and experience in the upcoming BEAM Grab the mic webinar: How MSD Enhanced Nigerian Farmers’ Resilience to COVID-19. Precincts on economic activity in Nigeria resulting from the COVID-19 virus, endangered smallholder…

Using Market Systems Development Approach to Stimulate Livelihood Opportunities and Reduce Human Trafficking in Edo State

Trafficking in human beings, a form of modern-day slavery, involves the illegal trade of people for exploitation or commercial gain, and is a $150 billion global industry generated by forced economic exploitation of people for commercial sex, domestic work, or other economic activity. It is the result of forced economic exploitation of people for commercial…

Tools for Increasing Gender and Social Inclusion in Market Systems-Led Programmes

This’ lessons learned’ document seeks to encapsulate the hopes for the future, the concerns of the present and the experiences of the past, to broaden the worthy efforts of both the MADE I & II interventions on a larger scale that the Niger Delta region requires. Recommendations discussed in depth at the conclusion of this…

DCED Certifies PIND as an International Market Development Champion

DCED Certifies PIND as an International Market Development Champion

The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has been recently certified by the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED) as an international market development crusader. This is due to its adoption of the international standard procedure as recognized by the  DCED in its socio-economic development programs to address various economic challenges in…